Body scanners used to help people buy clothing: http://http://www.latimes.com/busine...,5568345.story

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,5568345.story

Clever, in a diabolical sort of way. You've just left tons of highly private information, including what your nude body looks like, with your local clothier. A civilization this stupid doesn't deserve to continue.

I opt out

The now-defunct Museum of Questionable Medical Devices had in its collection an x-ray box for shoe fittings. It leaked radiation all over the place. Hence, "questionable."

I remember those they were at the local Sears store and we use to look at our feet in side our shoes all the time. This was back in the 1950's

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No big deal with a measuring tape at the local haberdasher...

As I recall, this was the original use for the nude-o-scopes. They weren't selling enough of them so they brought in Chertoff and now here we are.

Using body scanners to try on clothing reminds me of the shoe-fitting fluoroscopes that supposedly offered the best possible fit. The Me-Ality machine is definitely nothing more than a MMW scanner, and, from the article, it sounds like retailers can't wait to save the scan data to start doing analytics.

However, there seem to be a few competing devices here. One of the other productions mentioned, Swivel, seems to be a passive device that uses cameras to take a picture of the frame then detect differences that allow you to virtually try on clothing. It's similar to the filters that allow you to choose a custom background image during a video chat. Here is the company's demo video.

I just think they made a bad design choice for their demo booth.